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When benches start undoing benches
A two-judge Bench expresses its unease at the Supreme Court reversing its own verdicts outside review and curative jurisdictions
29th Nov 2025
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SC allows Maharashtra polls to proceed subject to final decision
The Court referred the matter to a three-judge Bench and directed that all further election notifications comply with the 50 percent ceiling
28th Nov 2025
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Comics directed to host awareness programme on medical treatment for persons with disabilities
The Bench took updates from the Union government regarding proposed guidelines for regulating user generated content
27th Nov 2025
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SC upholds dismissal of Christian army officer for refusing to enter temple sanctum
The Bench turned down the request for full hearing; upheld HC reasoning that issue was not one of religious freedom but military obedience
27th Nov 2025
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The Supreme Court’s retreat from holding Governors accountable
In its advisory opinion on Governors’ assent to state bills, a five-judge Bench of the SC has erased the gains made in TN Governor
26th Nov 2025
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“The Supreme Court treated the Constitution as lex rather than jus”
In this excerpt from the conclusion of a new book, V. Krishna Ananth argues that the SC has often downplayed the aspirations of the framers
26th Nov 2025
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SC questions breach of 50 percent reservation limit in Maharashtra local body polls
With December polls approaching, the Bench sought clarity on constituency-wise data to frame a workable arrangement for the remaining bodies
25th Nov 2025
From the editor's desk
The differential levels of scrutiny the Court applies to studies on caste vis-a-vis economic backwardness may have deep and abiding implications for how affirmative action policies are crafted in the future, and is especially prescient in a situation where challenges to EWS reservations remain pending.
The Mandal and Sinho Commissions: A Study in Contrasts
Studies examining caste-based backwardness have a higher bar to pass than those studying backwardness within the ‘general category'.
SCO Team
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Analysis
Can the Supreme Court Provide Reservations for Orphans?
With the petition seeking orphans to be identified as a backward class, are we moving away from a caste centric definition of backwardness.
8th Jun 2021
Analysis
Part I—The Mandal and Sinho Commissions: A Study in Contrasts
There is a marked difference in the methodology employed by the Mandal and Major Sinho Commissions in studying backwardness.
11th Jan 2022
Analysis
SC Offers Hope for OBC Reservations in Maharashtra Municipal Elections
The Maharashtra government was directed to submit data justifying its OBC reservation policy to the State Commission for Backward Castes.
20th Jan 2022
Analysis
Medical Students Relieved as SC Issues Order in PG NEET Case
DESK BRIEF: The SC issued an Order allowing the Union to immediately commence counselling for admissions to postgraduate medical programmes.
8th Jan 2022
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8th Jan 2022